Chamisa Students Share Holiday Joy At Sombrillo
Students from Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock spent Monday morning handing out cookies and visiting with the elderly at Sombrillo Nursing & Rehab Center. There visit brightens the holiday season for those involved in this community effort. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
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Snowmen Spotted In Mountain Elementary Hallway
Snowmen created by kindergarteners at Mountain Elementary School. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
LAPS Employee Spotlight: Alicia Kirkland
Greetings from the Superintendent’s Desk!
As part of our shared work to increase communication throughout the district, we are highlighting one staff member per week in an Employee Spotlight feature.
Our school district is made up of incredible employees who care about students; whether it is a teacher, a secretary, or a bus driver, each has an important role at LAPS. Those selected for the Employee Spotlight are chosen at random by each LAPS site.
The Employee Spotlight is a collection of short stories celebrating LAPS staff doing extraordinary things for students,
Inmate Receives High School Equivalency Credential
Anthony Lambson shows some of the books he used to study for his High School Equivalency Credential while incarcerated in the Los Alamos Detention Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Anthony Lambson, 21, just received his High School Equivalency Credential from the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA). While this would be a cause for celebration for anyone, it is particularly significant for Lambson who will be leaving the Los Alamos Detention Center Thursday after almost 18 months in custody. Read More
PEEC: Movie, Special Solstice Show This Weekend
Europe Coffee And Cocoa Sale At LANB Dec. 20-21
The Europe 2018 Holiday Coffee and Cocoa Sale is 1:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20 and Thursday Dec. 21 in the lobby of LANB at 1200 Trinity Dr.
LAPS Foundation Seeks To Connect With LAHS Alumni
LAHS class of 1987 gathers on the steps at the high school during a reunion tour hosted by the LAPS Foundation. Courtesy photo
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation would like to put a call out to all Los Alamos High School (LAHS) alumni to connect with the organization via its website, www.lapsfoundation.com/alumni. The LAPS Foundation wants to hear what alumni have been up to, tell them about all that’s going on at LAHS in present day, and offer benefits to them as alumni.
The LAPS Foundation supports alumni in a number of ways, including hosting tours of the renovated Read More
LAHS Graduate Kyle Partin Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant In United States Air Force
2nd Lt. Kyle Partin with his mother Marcie, sister Lauren and father Doug following his USAF commissioning. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Los Alamos High School graduate Kyle Partin has received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He is the son of Doug and Marcie Partin.
Partin graduated from Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas with a degree in mechanical engineering and minors in history, mathematics and military studies. He is assigned to the 47th Flying Training Wing for USAF Pilot Training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas.
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Los Alamos County Fire Chief Troy Hughes Completes Studies At Naval Postgraduate School Center For Homeland Defense And Security
Los Alamos County Fire Chief Troy Hughes, right, with his friend, former Los Alamos National Laboratory Physical Security Division Leader Michael Wismer Friday at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. Wismer, who lives in Santa Fe flew out with his wife Lisa Wismer to join Hughes and his wife Jodi Hughes at a ceremony in which Hughes graduated with a Master of Arts Degree in Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. During the 18-month online and in-residence program, Hughes collaborated with homeland security officials from Read More
Mountain’s Project VeX Robotics Team Takes 3rd
Mountain Elementary School Robotics Team Project VeX bring home 3rd place in Arizona competition. Courtesy/LAPS
Members of the Mountain Elementary School Robotics Team Project VeX. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The Mountain Elementary School Robotics Team, Project VeX, traveled to Arizona Dec. 1-3 to compete in the Northern Arizona VeX IQ Challenge. Out of 40 teams, they finished 3rd in the skills portion of the competition, an impressive feat for a brand-new team. Not only was this the first competition for the young team, they also were the only team from New Mexico.
Mountain’s PE teacher, Read More
Zia Credit Union Donates $500 To Los Alamos 4-H
Zia Credit Union presents a check for $500 Thursday afternoon to the Los Alamos 4-H Club. Top row from left, Zia representatives Sonya Chacon, Tanisha Rivera, Natalia, Tretiak, Annitte Lujan, 4-H shotgun and archery leader Mike O’Neill, 4-H rifle and meeting leader Sha-Marie Reid, 4-H reporter Monica Smith and Albanita Romero of Zia. Bottom row from left, 4-H Activities Director Isaac Romero, Michael Lujan, 4-H President Kelsey Decker, Kara Moss and 4-H Secretary Christopher Garcia. Photo by Riley Arnoudeille Read More
Udall Congratulates Northern New Mexico Nominees To United States Service Academies
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallLAMS Implements Saturday School
Los Alamos Middle School implements Saturday School. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) is successfully implementing Saturday School, a completely voluntary program in which students get extra help from teachers and catch up on school work.
The goal is to finish assignments and make sure they are not falling behind. Last year was the first year for 7th and 8th grade Saturday School and this year’s improved version comes with extra assistance and better communications from teachers. Saturday School is not a disciplinary environment, but rather student-chosen time Read More
Letter To The Editor: Tragedy In Aztec
By STEPHANIE NAKHLEHHousing Shortage An Issue In 1960s As Well
Archival document on ‘Disposal of the Los Alamos Community’. Courtesy photo
HISTORY News:
Los Alamos is known worldwide as the birthplace of the atomic bomb. Our history and the people who made it have an international reach.
For the Los Alamos Historical Society, whether the stories are about geopolitical machinations during the Cold War or about the development of a neighborhood, all of our history is “local.”
We bring this up because of the convergence of two points: the continued housing shortage in Los Alamos and a document we recently ran across in our Archives, “Disposal of the Los Alamos Read More
UC And UT Confirm Submitting Proposals For LANL Management Contract
Staff Report
The University of California and the University of Texas have both confirmed that they submitted bids to the National Nuclear Security Administration before Monday’s deadline to manage and operate Los Alamos National Laboratory beginning Oct. 1, 2018. A NNSA spokesman declined to release the names of other entities that submitted proposals.
Stephanie Beechem, a spokesperson for the UC Office of the President said today that UC has submitted a proposal as evidence of its ongoing commitment to the stewardship of “this great scientific and technological enterprise and its national Read More
Second Successful Community Book Group
Parents, LAPS staff, administrators, school board members and community members gather to discuss the community read book, ‘Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,’ by Angela Duckworth. Courtesy photo
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
This past fall the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, in partnership with Healthy Schools Initiative Director Kristine Coblentz and the Los Alamos Public Schools Healthy Schools Initiative, administered a grant from 100+ Women Who Care to host the second of three community book groups. The goal this time was to engage roughly 50 Read More
Local Veterinarian Bob Fuselier Tackles Love And Loss Of Pets In New Children’s Book
Local Veterinarian Bob Fuselier and his grandson Deaglan Gresham during a recent visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comBob Fuselier is both a veterinarian and grandfather, making him ideally suited to write a children’s book about dealing with the fact that we will lose our pet to death one day.
His recently published “Tip and Blue” tells the story of a young boy and his two dogs, one of which is nearing the end of her life.
Tip and Blue’ book cover. Courtesy image“I didn’t Read More
Olions ‘It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play’ Resonates Now More Than Ever
The cast of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play’ on stage Dec. 8. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
George Bailey Donald Poston) and Mary Bailey (Rebekah Harkey). Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Foleys (sound effects people) make some noise. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
As winter closes in, the Los Alamos High School Olions production of “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play” is sure to warm your heart. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know the Read More
